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1995 Queensland beat S Australia to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield

1994 1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland vs. NSW, SCG)

1994 Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland vs. Tasmania)

1993 Queensland all out for 75 vs. NSW in Sheffield Shield Final

1990 NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final

1988 WA beat Queensland by 5 wkts to win the Sheffield Shield Final

1985 NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket

1984 WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield

1983 Bottle with note of June 9, 1910 found in Queensland

1981 Start of 1st-class game at Newcastle, NSW vs. Queensland

1981 Rebecca Wilson, born in Queensland, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics

1981 Lisa Skinner, Queensland Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics

1974 Karrie Webb, born in Queensland, Australia, LPGA golfer, 1994 Australia Strokeplay

1974 Martin Love, cricketer, high scoring Queensland batsman, Australia 1995

1974 Jim Maher, cricketer, Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side

1973 Michael Murphy, Brisbane QLD Queensland Australia, diver 1996 Olympics

1972 Patrick Rafter, born in Queensland, Australia, tennis star, 1993 USTA/Aptos California

1972 Kerry Anne Guse, Brisbane Queensland, tennis star, 1996 final Hobart

1972 Loraine Lambert, Ipswich Queensland, golfer, New Zealand champ 1991, 92

1971 Matthew Hayden, cricketer, heavy scorer for Queensland, Australia 1994-96

1971 Andrei Kravtsov, Queensland, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics

1968 Stuart Law, cricketer, prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995

1964 Trevor Barsby, cricketer, Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85

1963 Dirk Tazelaar, cricketer, Queensland and Surrey left-arm pace bowler

1962 Peter Cantrell, cricketer, Queensland opening bat, Netherlands WC 1996

1961 Paul Jackson, cricketer, slow lefty bowler for Victoria and Queensland

1961 Robbie Kerr, cricketer, Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985

1960 Ian Baker-Finch, Nambour Queensland, PGA golfer, 1991 British Open

1960 Carl Rackemann, cricketer, Queensland and Australian quickie

1956 Shane Gould, Brisbane Queensland, swimmer, Olympic-3 gold-1972

1955 Greg Norman, born in Queensland, Australia, PGA golfer, 1984 Kemper

1953 Martin Kent, cricketer, Queensland batsman played for Australia 1981

1950 Laureen Ford, born in Gympie, Queensland, golfer, 1992 Alpine Australia Ladies

1945 Dennis Lillie [sic], cricketer, Queensland leg-spinner 1965-66/80-82

1939 South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland

1939 Bradman scores 138 in South Australia's 7-821 vs. Queensland

1937 Bradman scores 246 SA vs. Queensland, 364 minutes, 20 fours

1937 Queensland all out for 93 vs. SA in front of 10,436

1937 Bradman scores 123 SA vs. Queensland, 165 minutes, 10-4s 1-6 in cricket

1936 Ron Hamence scores 104 for SA vs. Queensland before 4,865

1936 Queensland cricket all out for 49 vs. Vic, Fleetwood-Smith 7-17

1935 Bradman scores 233 in 191 minutes, SA vs. Queensland, 28 fours 1 six

1934 Grimmett takes 9-180 for SA as Queensland make 430

1934 Sam Trimble, cricketer, Queensland bat, 12th man for Australia, no Test

1934 Bradman scores 253 NSW vs. Queensland, 204 minutes, 29 fours 4 sixes

1933 Bradman scores 200 NSW vs. Queensland, 184 minutes, 26 fours

1932 Queensland all out 74 vs. Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13

1929 Grimmett takes 6-146 for SA, Queensland all out 380 Crowd 5,390

1928 Bradman scores 131 NSW vs. Queensland, 212 minutes, 14 fours

1927 Victoria score 793 against Queensland, Bill Ponsford 437

1926 Queensland win their 1st Sheffield Shield cricket match, vs. NSW

1914 Bill Tallon, cricketer, brother of Don, Queensland leggie

1911 Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, premier, Queensland

1910 Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard, found June 6, 1983 in Queensland

1908 Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba

1906 C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 vs. Queensland

1904 Jim Christy, righty cricket batter, Transvaal, Queensland and South Africa

1893 1st NSW vs. Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground

1889 128 degrees F (53 degrees C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)


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